Army Ties Expose Violence

[central scrutinizer]

Source: Eugene (Oregon) Register Guard

The Creswell man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor Saturday was an Army veteran who served with a Colorado-based unit that has been linked to so many slayings that the Army Surgeon General conducted a study into the unit’s high rate of violence.

Jarrod William Pardun, 28, was arrested Saturday and charged with intentional murder in connection with the killing of Stephen Thurston, 59, following a confrontation in Thurston’s front yard over speeding.

snip

Soldiers from his unit have been accused in five deaths in the Colorado Springs area, home to Fort Carson, in 2007 and 2008.

Fourth Brigade Combat Team members also were involved in six other slayings by unit soldiers in Colorado and other states since 2005.

Read more: http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/17529533-41/story.csp

---

The original story broke a few days ago, but now more facts and connections are coming out. Basically, Pardun repeatedly drove very fast through a residential neighborhood. One of the residents yelled at him to slow down. Pardun turned around, drove back to the guy's front yard, stuck a shotgun out the window and killed Thurston. Really sad

link to earlier story:

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/17471819-41/story.csp

[peace13]

1. Interesting that the article says that the shooter suffers guilt from surviving a helicopter crash

that was shot down. I never actually read a news report that admitted that we were being shot out of the sky. I thought it was always equipment failure or sand.

This is such a sad story. What do we do with people who have been paid to kill for us when they come home from war? We can expect more of this.